Yahoo Movies Power Rangers movie accused of copying sci-fi hit Chronicle
The new Power Rangers movie is being accused of plagiarism, due to alleged similarities to the sci-fi movie ‘Chronicle’.
Screenwriter and director Max Landis, who made ‘Chronicle’ (and is also the son of the director John Landis), has taken to Twitter to call out the film.
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Watch the ‘Power Rangers’ trailer below.
Landis says he was hired by Lionsgate to write the reboot, and then fired, but claims that the studio have now copied ‘Chronicle’ in the finished version.
I wrote a silly, fun, goofy retro teen action adventure movie.
They fired me, and five or so writers later, it appears they made Chronicle.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) October 9, 2016
Yeah, it appears they hired the writer of Chronicle and he wrote a Power Rangers movie, so they fired him and made Chronicle instead. https://t.co/F8lVEJqoU5
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) October 9, 2016
His comments come after the first trailer for the film was released online.
Other sci-fi fans spotted the similarities to Landis’s breakthrough superhero movie, which saw a group of outsider teenagers gaining telekenetic powers.
In the trailer for ‘Power Rangers’, it appears a similar story is being told.
Plenty also took to Twitter to note the comparisons.
I’m getting a lot of Chronicle vibes from the Power Rangers trailer… pic.twitter.com/sYNmBgTHOm
— Amon Warmann (@awarmann) October 8, 2016
Power Rangers: Chronicle
— Mathew Buck (@FB_BMB) October 8, 2016
Is it just me who thinks the Power Rangers reboot is just Chronicle but with more teenagers?
— SuperHeroHypeUK (@SuperHeroHypeYT) October 9, 2016
@Uptomyknees i know this is bold here. but new power rangers trailer looks like chronicle. lionsgate stole some story.
— Parris Watkins (@superparris28) October 9, 2016
The ‘Power Rangers’ movie’s synopsis describe the action thusly:
“Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers before it is too late.”
The movie, directed by Dean Israelite and starring Jason Lee Scott, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks and Bill Hader, is out in March, 2017.
